Brecon Barracks - Brecon, Powys - UK Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Barics Aberhonddu

Cyfadeilad barics Fictoraidd cyflawn. Cynlluniwyd gan y Cyrnol
Ord, Peirianwyr Brenhinol, yn cynnwys Barics Troedfilwyr a
Gwynneirch, tai swyddogion ac ysbyty milwrol. Ychwanegwyd y twr
yn 1877 yn dilyn sefydlu Aberhonddu fel canolfan filwrol
Brycheiniog, Maesyfed, Trefaldwyn a Threfynwy. Daeth y barics
yn gartref i’r 24ain Gatrawd Troed, Cyffinwyr De Cymru.

Brecon Barracks

A complete Vlctorian batracks complex. Designed by Colonel Ord,Royal
Engineers, including Infantry and Cavalry Barracks, Officers houses and
a military hospital. The keep was added in 1877 following Brecon’s
establishment as a military centre for Brecknock, Radnor,
Montgomery and Monmouth. The barracks became the
home of the 24th Foot, South Wales Borderers.

1840 - 1877

"The original barracks, which were constructed of red brick, were built at the Watton in 1805 and then extended in 1813. It was from here that troops were despatched to the Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879. A keep, for the storage of arms and ammunition, was added to the barracks in 1879. The barracks became the home of the South Wales Borderers from 1881 and the South Wales Borderers Museum opened at the barracks in 1935. The barracks were designated as a Regional Seat of Government in the Cold War. The barracks are now the home of 160th (Wales) Brigade."

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